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Actively Passive.
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UK Ltd must urgently be active in supporting the construction of passive domestic, public and commercial buildings!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.". . . assuming you are going to focus first on China, USA . . ." will never solve *our* massive waste of energy. The lack of standards on energy-saving buildings has resulted in, for instance, current heating not only warming the humans inside but the surrounding environment. The eye-watering electricity bills reflects this lack of positive, long-term planning.
The planning system gives quite a bit of weight to protecting the character, appearance and historical value of old buildings. But that weight is meant to be balanced against other interests (which should include energy issues). In my view we are failing to give enough weight to the energy issues. It always struck me as odd that old windmills are considered worthy of protection, but that new windmill proposals (which have their own aesthetic) are often resisted.
I agree with your view on 'old' buildings such as windmills, Atheist, which I would regard as ‘historical’. Don’t these latter generally have thicker walls? So, they require relatively little insulation, methinks. My impression is that those constructed in the past century are prime candidates for effective cladding. The resulting lower heating bills would be welcome for many.
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